Question

Consider the poems.

"She Walks in Beauty"
by George Gordon Byron An excerpt from "To Helen"
by Edgar Allan Poe
She walks in Beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet
express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!

Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, wayworn wanderer bore To his own native shore.

On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.

Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land!

How is Poe’s word choice different than Byron’s?

Poe’s description is more grand and worldly than Byron’s.
Poe’s description is more calm and soothing than Byron’s.
Poe includes more physical description than Byron.
Poe confesses more about shortcomings than Byron.

Answer 1

• Poe's description is more grand and worldly than Byron's.

Step-by-step explanation:

Poe's topics were respected to love, magnificence and passing, communicated with profound feeling. The dread was entrancing to him, and he used to demonstrate the disappointment of reason or the best approach to manage puzzling things occurring throughout everyday life.

Answer 2

Poe’s description is more grand and worldly than Byron’s.

Step-by-step explanation:

In these two passages, both authors examine a similar topic: they talk about the beauty of a woman. On the one hand, Byron talks about the woman in very lyrical language, and in a way that gives a fleeting an ethereal idea of beauty. He appreciates her from afar, and believes there is something enchanting about her. On the other hand, Poe discusses the woman's beauty in a grander way. He gives specific reasons for the almost objective attractiveness of the woman, such as her hyacinth (reddish) hair and her classic face. He also compares the woman's beauty to the splendour and grandeur of Greece and Rome. His comparisons make his description grander and more worldly than Byron's.